Postgame Show: Eagles Win 30-13 Against the Denver Broncos

Listen in as Gabriella DiGiovanni, Amy Campbell and Ike Reese discuss the Eagles’ Win to the Denver Broncos. Also hear from Head Coach Nick Sirianni, LB Davion Taylor, DB Darius Slay, DB Anthony Harris, WR DeVonta Smith, OL Lane Johnson and QB Jalen Hurts at the podium.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
Here's how it all went down in Mile High Jalen
Hurts finds Devonte Smith in the first quarter for the touchdown.
The rookie, he just kept going. It was his birthday.
He had to celebrate, you know, touchdown number two incoming there.
It is. Nice job by Devonte Smith. And here's the
big defensive play of the game. Darius Lay picks it up.

(00:23):
He starts running. I'm not gonna tell you. Ike was
losing it. Okay in the office. There he goes. We're
saying get down, get down. He said, Now I'm taking
this all the way. There he goes, finds the end zone.
Eagles coming out big in Denver. Guys, complete game, offense, defense,
special teams. What do we think? Well, I've been waiting
all year for when like today where you get all

(00:44):
three phases of your team contributing offensively. They set the
tone in the first half. Thought the defense did a
great job of getting out the Teddy Bridgewater not being
impatient but being very selective, went to attack that Broncos offense.
Also Norman when to sit back and playing a little
bit of his own. And then also special teams Jake

(01:05):
Elliott phil goals made today also crucial. Like I said,
we've been waiting all year to have a complete effort
from this team. I think it's the best overall victory
of the season. I think it's easily the best game
of the season for this Eagles team, and in all
phases you mentioned. Look, it's offensive, defensive, special teams, but
it's not just that. It's the quarterback playing. I think
his best game of the season. Being efficient, being consistent,

(01:28):
completing nearly seventy percent of his passes, making good choices,
getting it going. The accuracy on the deep balls was
so exciting, and then oh my gosh, that Darius Slay,
that Darius Slay touchdown. I was going nuts. And you
just don't see that kind of thing happen at the
NFL level. Like you said, Ella, We're all sitting here going,
oh my gosh, get down, get down. He picks it up,

(01:48):
he drops it again, and you're like, this is about
to be a disaster. He's making bad choices and then
he somehow finds the end zone. You don't see that
stuff in the NFL. It was so exciting, and not
to mention, I think this is the best game that
Nick Sirianni has called from the opening drive. The scripting
on the opening drive was really aggressive, really got it
going with the run game, and then continue to make
adjustments and get the offense going put his players in

(02:09):
a situation to succeed. I think there are so many
good things to take away from this game. Absolutely the Eagles.
Four of their first five drives resulted in points, whether
it be two field goals or two touchdowns. They were
capitalizing on every opportunity, which has been a theme, especially
in the beginning of the season. Capitalizing on every opportunity.
Like Amy touched on, I think Jalen Hurtz was very,

(02:30):
very consistent. That has been another word used a lot
to describe this team moving throughout the season. But he
also seemed to really trust his offensive line. He stood
in the pocket today and he was comfortable. I think
the most comfortable, if not one of the most comfortable
times we've seen him all year. Yeah, he really was.
And I want to just piggyback off what Amy mentioned.
I mean, you gotta get Nick Sirianni and his coach

(02:51):
and staff a lot of credit for the game plan
they put together offensively and defensive leaves. You just start
on the offensive side of your ball, the very fact
that they're the road and again committed to the running
game even when it didn't work at times, although it
was very few times that it did not work today,
they were able to stick with it and that's what
allowed Jalen Hurts to play comfortable from the pocket. I

(03:13):
mean the ability to throw with confidence, the play action
passed being a part of the offense that is all
set up with the threat of the running game. The
Broncos came into this game based off what the Eagles
had done over the previous three weeks of saying, you
know what the running game is, what's driving this offense.
We had to figure out a way to stop this.
First and foremost Eagles, great job of mixing in play

(03:36):
action and then Jalen you know that first touchdown pass
to DeVonta Smith, just a great job of Jalen given
his receiver an opportunity to go up and make a
catch and DeVante. Pardon me if I make a mistake here,
but I believe it's the first time I can remember
him going up and making a contested catch. Fifty fifty
balls is what we talk about. We know he's shorthanded,

(03:58):
we know he can get open but to play there
with Patrick sartagn had great coverage. I'm surprisedly didn't get
a hand on the ball there. Devonte with great concentration
and the ability to not only catch it but make
sure he lands in bounds. But a touchdown. This guy
won the heist the trophy right as the best receiver
in college football. Thing. We're starting to see why over
the last two weeks. I mean, I think that play

(04:19):
was one of his best so far in the rookie season,
and it was a lot of It was fun on
Twitter to see people saying, oh, Alabama to Alabama over Alabama.
You know, yeah, how about that, right, Nick Saban. It
is just, you know, really enjoying this moment. But I thought,
like you said, the fact that it was a contested
catch against a really good cornerback who played well and
played the ball well and was in the right position

(04:42):
and did contest it, I think, really impressive catch there.
And the other thing that you mentioned that I really
want to emphasize is the run game. That we talked
about this in the pregame show that the Eagles had
been getting the run game going, and the it's been
working for a few weeks with you know, with the
running back by committee approach, but it's been against defenses
that have stistically struggle to stop the run. This Broncos

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defense coming into today was the number six rushing defense
in the NFL. They were allowing less than a hundred
yards rushing per game. The Eagles rushed for two hundred
and fourteen yards and that allowed them to control the
clock as well. Not only does it keep defenses honest
in the passing game, but they dominated in the time
of possession thirty four minutes to the Broncos twenty five.
It was even more than that coming into the second

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half and especially down the stretch to ice the game
when they're still able to run it and control the clock.
I think that's really an ideal scenario for a team.
When we talked so much in the Kickoff Show about
this Broncos defense, when you're coached by a guy like
Vic Fangio, you really never know what he is cooked up.
And we talked a lot about how not defenses are
preparing for this Eagles very successful run game. So how

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were they going to respond? Knowing that the Eagles are
now successful on the ground and this defense, I mean,
they've been allowing just an average of seventeen points per game.
The Eagles just hung thirty. So I think it was
a great effort from the offensive side of the ball,
but they didn't stop the run. So the Eagles, they'd
committed to the run, and then when it opened up,
they threw that ball down the fields. Whether that be

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Quez Walkins, whether that be DeVante Smith, whether that be
Jalen Rager. They got it done, and I think that
was super impressive, especially Dallas Goddard. He was out, so
when he was removed from the situation, I thought, oh, no,
how does this affect the game plan? But you saw
Jack Stole the rookie he was in there. He caught
a pass too. Yeah, this is one of those games
where you know, the Eagles decided that we're just going

(06:25):
to out physical you, and that's what they did with
the running games, Jordan Howard getting behind those pads running downhill,
even Boston Scott. You know, I think teams get a
little surprised when they see Boston's stature and they see
he's short, you know, a little stock, and they don't
think he's as powerful a runner as he is. But
that's one of his best assets. Is those thick legs

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that he has, and he runs with power behind his
shoulder pads. I love the fact that the offensive line
was able to charge off the ball and knock that
Bronchos defensive line off the line of scrimmage. You don't
see the Broncos get out physical in Mile High. That's
what they tend to do to opposing teams. And Ellie,
you just mentioned only seventeen points a game they typically

(07:09):
give up. I thought the Eagles controlled this game from
the opening kickoff, that first drive where it could have
very easily scored seven year they got three, but they
set the tone in the tempo for what it was
gonna be like all day. And I love the fact
that we have established an identity and we're sticking to
it the last three to four weeks. You clearly see
this team's identity is to put a hat on a

(07:31):
hat on the offensive side of the ball and run
right at you. We're gonna play action, pass you when
we need to. Jalen needs to be accurate when the
opportunities present itself, and I thought this week, for the
first time in a bottle three or four weeks, he
was PenPoint accurate when all of his throws today. Yeah,
I think this is maybe the most week, the best accuracy,
especially on the deep balls. To me, that was what

(07:52):
was really impressive. And then there was a minute there
coming out of the first half and the third quarter
were I kind of got a little nervous and I
was like, Okay, you know, they built up a decent lead,
and we've seen this before. You know, they've come out strong,
They've scripted a nice, you know, few drives to get
things going, and then things have gotten a little tight
there and what's going to happen. And to be able
to come out of the second half after a rough

(08:13):
third quarter and then be able to pull away at
the end there, to me, that's really impressive too, because
when you can see a team, you know, start to struggle,
have a couple bad plays, have a couple of um,
you know, uh, let the other team get back in it.
To be able to have the resolve to not let
that mentally let you unravel, and to be able to
have the resolve to stay in it, I think it's
really impressive and probably something they can really build on.

(08:34):
They're going to have that kind of in their in
their tank of experience that they they're going to know
they can do that. Moving forward, we're gonna actually head
over and hear from Vante Smith at the podium. Anybody
get you anything? Would you say, did anybody get you
anything for your birthday? Oh? Nah, win, that's all I wanted.
You just try would have on the first such time

(08:55):
to jump all you want, um quarterback, just trust me,
just give me a chance to make a play. I
mean that's what we always talk about, having trusted each other,
and he trusted me. You were going against your former
college teammates. I mean that Nigga ain't sweeter for it. Oh,
I mean we we always talked about it being able
to compete against each other, just going out there, both
of us just competing against each other, making each other
better once again. But I mean that's that's what happens.

(09:18):
Get to the NFL and come from Bam. You're gonna
play people like that. You guys exchange an your special
words after the game and so you guys to meet up.
Oh yeah, just just to keep grinding, keep working much love.
I mean it's like my brother um pretty much all
it was on the on the bad evallve um where
that was Pattage you know you said you could lock

(09:38):
up with you went against slave and you have to
show that there on that. Yeah, that was that was
something of dB scares right there. How about three ye
a second touchdown and the celebration afterwards. Uh, that was
just kind of that's kind of our motto. Um, I
ain't gonna say it, but that's what our motto is.
So that's what it was. You know, it was at

(09:59):
a place or even first read don't have to play
and because that's did they want to get you back
against slot there as? That basically was Um, first read, No,
I don't think. I don't think I was first really.
I mean you had that quarterback then. I don't necessarily no,
But I mean it was just just taking what they
give us new On we got to look that we wanted.

(10:19):
I mean it was great. I mean him being the
leader of the y is. I mean that's what we
practice for his preparation and everything like that alway up
to game time. I mean we just in the locker
room before the game and he's still on his call
sheet going over things, highlighting what he likes and things
like that. I mean, the guy's prayer will play up
interception at what pointing in the round to go from

(10:41):
being a wide receiver to defensive just on the balls there,
um yeah, kind of just like when you see him sinking,
you see he has a chance to make a playoff.
You just have to go up there and just do
what you can. It's your first multiple touchdown game. Big
career comes up here. Twenty third birthday? Was that you know,
it's a significance of the um. I mean, I wouldn't
say the birthday played a big part, and I mean
just going out to just execute and doing the things

(11:02):
that we do in practice. How's your armed if out
there we saw you were wearing something. I'm good, I'm good,
I'm good. That's just for safety, DeVante. When Slave went
out for a player you got off the match to
you know, come see him at the sideline. What type
of leader is slave? Not just for the defense, for
the team, I mean slaves, slaves a great leader. I
mean even when it was us, Um, he's talking to

(11:23):
us about our releases and things like they're helping us out,
we're helping him out. I mean he's a great leader.
Did his wheels on that whole recovery that what did
you see his wheels on that. Yeah, I always take
me around like a little bad kid when he when
you get the ball in his hands and no no
ball secured and nothing, just out there running. We've got forty.
I give it this. He can probably give me in

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the forty on the on the motto luck is that
the whole team's motto? Just the offensive? No, that's the
whole team. I mean that's what it is. Just go
out there, just play loose, definitely case. Um a couple
of weeks. Now, what's the biggest difference for you from
tip of week sad versus just start your rookie season? Um,

(12:09):
I mean taking care of your body. I mean you
start to feel a little aches and things like that,
you just have to go in and in a little
thing that you feel you gotta you gotta let them
know so I can take care of it. My trust
out trainings to help anybody that's that's aching or anything.
So that's what it is. When you get this deep
in the season, you have to take care of your
body to do whatever you can. Any little neck, a bruise,
you can't just look over. You gotta go in and

(12:30):
take care of it. Your comfort level. The way that
you're seeing banks now that you're deeper into season. I mean,
I get more uncomfortable every week. I mean, but it
all comes down to preparation. I mean I go to practice,
I practice hard, and the way I practice and the
way this team practice that's why we're so successful in games.
I Mean, when you practice the way that we practice,
you get the outcome that you won't lay loose. That's

(12:57):
a the rookie side, but you know what, it kind
of looked like that's exactly what they were doing today.
It was very simple. It didn't seem like they were
playing outside of the game plan, and I feel like
it was the first time that they were just playing
ball and having some fun, starting to be playing with
a ton of confidence. You know. It's something about this
team when they go on the road. The ability to

(13:18):
pull together and have sort of that mentality of us
against the world is something that athletes have the ability
to do. And they've shown on the road thus far
this year that they seemingly played better. I mean, they
seem to be a lot more focused on the road. Obviously,
you want to be able to take care of your
home field as well, but getting a win on the
road is never easy in the NFL and going out

(13:39):
there to play at Malahou Stadium, I think that's still
the name of it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, tell me about
the air out there, like, what is it like there
is a real thing? Yeah, the idea that you know
you have shortness of breath and the air is then
I have to cut you off with Davion Taylor at
the podium. Did you realize out I didn't even feel it,

(14:04):
to be honest, I didn't know until after the play
when I just looked up through the screen and uh,
and I saw the ball on the ground and Slay
take me back for a touchdown. And it was just
good to make a big time play in the state
that I haven't played in and in the stadium I
have played in before. So other main things just making
sure I came in back and just did a great job,
and that's what that's what I did. Maybe it looked
like you had an injury early on and you kind

(14:25):
of shook off and it would come back from that accurately.
You Yeah, like my knee had bucketed a little bit,
but I was able to come back out play through
it and play at a high percentage. So I was
just I just wanted to make sure. I just pushed
through it. And as the game went on, I had
started warm warm up more and uh, it didn't affect
me as as it did at first. You said that
you were going to take a second before the game

(14:46):
to like sort of wall from the stadium and just
take it all in. Remember the memories you had tooked
in your college crew. Did you get to do that?
And what was that like? Yeah, as soon as I
stepped on a stepped out the bus, I put my
bags down in the locker room and walked around the
field probably twice, and like I was just imagine and
then uh, just my my past games here and I
was imagining the stadium full of fans and everything when
I played here at SeeU and UM, and I just

(15:07):
embraced it all. I was like, yeah, like now my
dream is coming true. I get to play now, Uh
in a stadium. I told myself I was gonna play
in the NFL game, And like I really saw my
dreams come true today. Uh, And it was really a blessing.
Let's see Slaves return for the touchdown and it was great.
He always gonna make some moves and he always gonna

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make sure he gets some yards when you get the ball.
And uh, I mean when I saw the ball wrong
on the ground, I saw him grab it. I try
to make a block, but he was making so many
moves I ain't know who the block to be honest,
So uh and then I just saw him breaking. I
was just looking. I was just like, yep, he's gonne.
Ain't nobody gonna catchim? Because I know the speed he
has and he really showed it tonight. And uh, it
was just good to see him get that touchdown off
the I forced that fumble. This was a more aggressive

(15:49):
bis be outside the beginning. This was the more aggressive
to the game playing that you guys kind of grattiest weeks.
Why do you think that was when you guys see
him the film to meet you guys want to attack
a week. Um, well, we knew that I was gonna
try to the ball a little bit. We knew they
were gonna added the out too. We thought they were
gon try to run the battle bit more so we
wanted to make sure we're gonna be aggressive and make
sure we're gonna be physical. And now, um we came out.
We made well, stopped running a little bit and then uh,

(16:10):
were trying to we wanted to make sure we stopped explosives.
They had a few were supposed to passes the day.
But U overall, I feel like the defense did a
great job was making sure we focused on how details
compared it the last week and um, just making sure
that we was doing our assignments and uh, and it
really paid off an end. I had to took a
couple of tough fourth downs, fourth and one that you
guys gave up last last week in the loss the

(16:32):
final drive. What was there a message speak about how
you guys were handled and obviously you guys came on
the biggest time one fourth. Really our mindset really was
every down and just played physical, play fast, and play hard.
And when that fourth down came up and we knew
I was gonna try to go for it, our mindset
was like to make sure that we stopped him and
um and like we had called called call to play
to make sure we stopped because we knew what I
was gonna try to do. Um, when it was fourth

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to one, fourth and one, if they're gonna try to
go for it, and they did, and uh, we just
made sure we stopped that play and the play coming downhill,
and that's what we was able to do. And uh
and as you can see, they didn't go for it
again after that that played that I heard Dabian, did
you were you going to the ball intentionally? It was
not intentional, to be honest, Like I was just trying
to make sure I stopped from getting that first down.
And then like when I grabbed him, I saw on

(17:14):
the ground. I just hear like the crowd screaming. I
didn't know what's going on at first, and that's when
I looked up and I started set slave with the ball.
And that's when I told you, I said, I couldn't
even know who the block he just took off. I
know we've talked a lot about, you know how raw
you were coming into the league and out much film
study and put in each day each week. I just
kind of feel like a validation that everything you're doing
is just paying off. Yes, I sure hope so that.

(17:36):
I feel like every every week you can see me improving.
If it's nothing, but like I'm not really false stepping
like I used to. If there's nothing, but I'm reading
reading plays faster. If I'm uh, make sure I'm taking
the right angles on the tackle or something like that.
I feel like you can see it on film that
you can see that I'm improving drastically each week, and uh,
I'm not making the same mistakes over again and just
making sure that I, uh just continue to improve the

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broncos here is different to play Colorado's State. Oh yeah,
look like that play get your strip. And then the
slaves TV took the start shout of them a little
bit here and the little it was a pretty chippy game.
Slay Judie were talking a little bit. I sleep if
I tell you it's a few old friends say more
physical point. I did that change their act? I feel
like that play really uh kind of seal the game

(18:18):
for us a little bit. But they still gonna come
out and play. They still trying to make sure. They
were trying to they were trying to get big plays
and everything with our mindset coming out after that, after
that big play, we're still like, all right, we got
to stop them. Still like because you never know that
the game game can turn around, and it's a game
of enties. You never know what might happen. So after
that play, we made sure we trying to get some
rest on the sidelines. We came out with the same
mentality like let's let's do it again, let's get a turnover.

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And even though we didn't get it after that, but
we was just our mindset the whole time was like,
continue to do the same thing over again, so we can,
uh just continue to be be a projective team defensive.
Why do you think you guys have been so strong
rod this year? Um, I guess probably just the mentality
we bring on the road, like we we don't want
to be defeated on the road. I mean, we haven't

(19:01):
been a strong as home as yet, but uh, I
feel like on the road, we come with the mentality
that we're gonna come. We're gonna come uh stump stump
on their heads heads and in our in our head,
uh coming into the to another team, and the whole
time we just make sure we was just being extra
physical and making sure we try to make him quit.
That's our mindset. So we're gonna make sure we go
hard as hard as we can, as fast as we
can until the end of the game, and hopefully we

(19:23):
come out with a win. Every time. That was Davion Taylor.
We's talked a lot about him in the kickoff show
the duo of him and t J. Edwards and the
progress of the third making together. But to see Davion
Taylor be a part of Darius Slay's scoop and score.
He knocked the ball out. That was serious. He's one
of your guys, Like, yeah, he really is. And he's

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right when he's talking about talking about getting better a
little bit each week. And sometimes it doesn't show up, uh,
to the to the naked eye, but I think coaches
see little things that he's getting better at each week,
Like technique. He talked about making proper reads and not
making false steps which sort of gets you out of
position as a linebacker to allow offensive lineman to sort

(20:06):
of get the angle of the block on you, and
then that's how you give up big runs. These are
small things that he's focusing in on every week to
try to make himself a better linebacker, and that's all
you can ask for. He's a young guy. We know
he doesn't have a lot of football in his background
religious reasons. Through high school, he didn't play a lot
of football, didn't play a lot of Colorado. But when

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you look at the measurables that he possesses, It's really
what you want in today's linebackers. He's fast, he's athletic,
he has good size. He plays with a physical brand
of football that you want your linebackers to play with.
He just has to learn how to play a little
more under control and when he figures out what the
offense is trying to do, so he has that pre

(20:48):
snap sort of preparation and he can anticipate what's about
to happen. He's gonna play that much faster and I
think he's going to take off as a linebacker once
he adds that to his game. There, snap recognition, understanding
where the weaknesses are in the defense, and that way
he's not playing in such a robotic form where he's
thinking before he does everything. It becomes more instinctual to him.

(21:12):
But I've recognized since he's been in there in the
starting lineup, he's getting a little better each week. And
now you're talking about making plays on the Nick Sirianni
at the podium, Boy, Joe played really well from the
pocket in the first half to take really and very accurate.
What would you tribute his provement in those areas to? Yeah, him,

(21:36):
he just he just gets better every day. He truly
exemplifies the getting better at one percent better every day,
getting a little bit better every day, and he just
continues to get better. So you know, I just he
just did some really good things in that game. And
you know, right before the double move we made to Davante,
he made a couple of really good checks um and
the third down and I don't know, is it twelve thirteen?

(21:59):
That's big time play and we needed that at that time.
You know, we were talking on the sideline like, hey,
we're up three nothing defense, just gotta stop. Let's get
up ten on somebody, right And I don't know that's
always the goal, right, but and he really got us
out of the hole. You know, you know, you want
to call back to Ragor. They played a different, uh
little defense than what we thought. And he got us
out of the hole. And that's what good quarterbacks do,

(22:20):
and he did a really good job. Today. We talked
a lot about formula identity with the offense. Do you
think you're bodly there? Do you think you have idea?
I don't know if you're ever finally there, right, you know,
So you know, again you always have to adjust to
what people are doing and taking away, Um, But to
be able to run the ball for what do we
have two hundred two hundred something right to be able

(22:42):
to do that against a defense of that caliber, because
that's a good defense, right and they've they've shown that
they're a good defense. But to be able to do that, like,
that's that's about those guys in the locker room, and
it starts with those guys up front led by Jason Kelsey,
Um Lane Lane Johnson, Like you know, I want to
mention all of them, but they all did a great
job anytime, and so you know, like anytime you rush

(23:03):
for over two hundred yards the offense, so you don't
have to ask me who got a game ball? The
offensive line will get a game ball, um, because they
they did a great job. And we'll have to see
probably Jam will get a game ball too. And it
was a good birthday there for Davante to have two touchdowns.
Usually when a quarterback, you know, she kind of puts
the ball up for seating player. Ever seen lay sixty
three six four? You know, DK metcap kind of guy.

(23:26):
What is it? What is it about Davonte? The last play?
But he's just a good He's just I mean you know,
sometimes you just say about a guy, he's just a
good football player. That's like one of the like growing
up in a in a coach's house like like that
was like the ultimate compliment, right, like, man, what's what's
going on? And I'm gonna say a name, Ron Schneider.
He was a he was a quarterback for Southwestern High School. Man,

(23:47):
he's just a good football player. He's just a good
football player. Right, And you know, so the you know,
he's longer than you think too, right, I mean I
know what his height is, but he's got long arms
and so and he's just a good football player. He's
just went up and got it. And you know he's
had a lot of reps against Patrick certain Patrick Taine's
a really good football player. Um I he's gonna be

(24:07):
a good play layer in this league for a long time.
But he just went up and I Jalen gave him
an opportunity to make a play, put it on the
right spot, and he just went up and made to play.
And he ran some really good routes today too, Uh,
just on some under routes and and some things like that.
So you know, he showed it both ways today. Uh,
and Jalen was able to give him the ball. It
was it was. It was a good game by Davante
and uh he played, he played his tail off the

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checks to checks. The challenge made um, well, there was
just they were they had a couple pressures coming and
that was not going to be good against the protection
that we had called. And he got it. He got
us out of it. And so again it was built
into the play. Um, we know what the problems are
with the protection, and and he he saw it. It
was a good disguise by by the Broncos, but he

(24:50):
saw it. He may have heard it, um, you know,
And and he just got us to the right play
and we ended up getting six and then we and
it gave us when you when you do that, I think,
uh Jordan Howard got six on the first one, then
we got the first down on the second one. And
when you do that, you're like, well, shoot, just call
it again, like Jaleen's gonna get us out of the
Like gives you confidence, right because you're like, Jale's gonna

(25:11):
get us out if it's a it's a funky look.
And he did. But this time they didn't give us
a funky look, and he was able to run the
play and make a really good throw. So really good
job on the passive touchdown. Sure did I see it. Yeah,
I'm still out of breath from running down the sideline
because that altitude was that that was real for me.
I think our players handled it really well because of

(25:31):
our strength staff and our our doctors and our training
staff had him already, but I felt it when I
ran down the sideline. It was that was fun. That
was that was my My vantage point of that is like, hey,
we talked about getting the ball out. Um, Davion did
a really good job of getting that thing out. Melvin
Gordon's a really good back. It's tough to get it
from him. Um, but they got it out, and Sleigh

(25:51):
was man Slay did some good things with that ball
in his hand. I think there was a couple of
people on the headset like just go down. They're like whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, No, no,
don't go down, and uh uh. He did a really
good job of just making a play. The defense did.
What I really appreciate is like the defense had some
some penalties that we're gonna have to address, uh, you know,
with some some pre snap penalties, but they did a

(26:12):
phenomenal job of being legal blocks like you see sometimes
on those long returns like that, some illegal blocks, but
they did a good job of keeping things legal and
letting Slay go do some work. Off to think about
getting slay on some offense here getting touchdown? You don't
want to let me finish that comment? Go ahead. After

(26:32):
his second touchdown, Davante had that that celebration, he said,
it was about your guys motto lately. Can you enlighten
us as to what that motto is? Well, yeah, well
Fab five has a motto. I was a big Fab
five fan growing up. I'm still a Michigan basketball fan
and I like Villanova and I like Temple too. Um.
But you know they had a saying there. I'll let

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you guys look it up, and I'm not gonna say
it here, but it's just basically all we talked. You know,
we've given a talk about that. It wasn't this week.
We gave a talk about it a couple of weeks ago.
But um, we do mention it a little bit, but
it basically what we say. And again I won't say it. Um.
I know my brother and I say it to each
other all the time. He's gonna want me to say it,
jay um, But what what it is is just about

(27:16):
leaving everything on the field and letting it everything, letting
letting everything you got, giving everything, every bit of energy
you got, leaving it all on the field, and and
uh and just giving everything you got to the to
the team defensive leaving you guys have had previous weeks.
Why do you think that worked out so well? Especially
from the coverage. Yeah, I think it all starts up front.

(27:38):
I think that defensive line played really good, was able
to get some pressures. The cover. Junits Um did a
good job of um, you know, making the quarterback hold
it a little bit to allow the defense to get
to him or the defensive line to get to him.
So I'm always gonna say it starts up front, but
I don't want, ever want to take away anything from
that that uh, that that secondary group. And then I

(27:59):
just thought that the physical What was I supposed would
Gardner say the physicality? Last night? I said, hey, we
need to out physical this team, or said something like that,
and Gardner Minshew was very quick to tell me how
to say, we have to have more physicality than them.
So I want to make sure I say this right.
And but the physicality of that group of the linebackers.

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I just felt like, man, TJ is just sticking people.
And and I just felt, you know, how physical we
were out there, and with TJ and with Davion and
with Alex like we were playing physical. They were playing
really physical balls. Great to see Patrick Johnson get a
big time play and then we were just sticking them
and and it's all I mean at the end of
the day. I was taught this a long time ago

(28:40):
about this like the tougher team, the more physical team
wins in football. And so it was good to it
was good to be on that side of it, um
and and to see our our physicality takeover is coming back,
see back probably. Man, I can't say enough for how

(29:02):
Jordan Howard and Boston Scott and Kenny Gainwell have stepped
in in the absence of of Miles Sanders. We know
how good of a player Miles Sanders has. Look really
look forward to getting him back. But man, they've been playing,
They've been running hard, They're hard to tackle, they're hard
to get down. It was great to see Boston Uh
get to hum again, get to a screen and throw

(29:23):
them the ball out there on a screen that almost
went for a touchdown against their blit zero. Um and so, gosh,
they've just done a really nice job of filling in,
and we are going to have some tough decisions. And
that's a I almost it is. It's a good problem
to have, um and Um. We'll do whatever we think
is necessary to win the next game. But they've done
a great job filling in an absence of Miles we are.

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There different rules though for a player like Slay when
until a loose ball, like to say he did some
big player there because he hadn't jumps on it and
Slays allowed for return. Well, well that's a good question, zac. Um.
So we kind of have a city umble in a
country fumble role I can I can let you in
on that. Uh city fumble is if there's a lot
of bodies around, get on it. If it's a country
fumble and there's not a lot of bodies around, if

(30:08):
you're in uh help me out here, Westchester, right then
you can then you can scoop and score. If you're
in downtown Philly, you gotta get on the ball, tim,
So I kind of fun where you haven't in a
lot of room. Um. You know again, anytime you win
a football game in this league on the road, it's tough.
And and we and just had a good time. And uh,

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I guess my main message was I'll see Wednesday, so
they'll be off tomorrow. All thank yeah. So why didn't

(31:04):
you jump on it there? Why did you run? Huh
when the ball was loosen there? Why didn't you keep
going with it as opposed to just getting down? All right?
Hell no, no, I'm trying to score. Every time I
touched the rock, I better get the touches. So when
I get to touch, I'm trying to score. Quick I
get done. They just talked about the city fumble versus
country fumbel? Was that a city fumbel you turned into

(31:26):
the country pub? That could have been both could have
been both, you know, but uh, all I know is
city funnels country funnels. They both turned into touchdowns. Shoot
mean when well, actually, when I saw the ball, I

(31:48):
saw the lining from the grab it Um they office
line from the grab I just snashed out of his
hand quick like, no, give me that, minds up? How
big was that place? When you think about how the
game was gone there, it was a one score game.
And if you first, that was a big play man. Um. Shoot,
Davia made a good punch out man. Uh, you know,

(32:08):
just trying to change the game, and um, that's a
big time and game changed to play for him. And
you know, I uh, you know, of course I finished
it off. But that was a good time and a
good moment for us. Man. You know, put put the
pressure back on their offense and take the pressure off
of our offense. And you know, the day we played
in all three phases as well. Today man, um, we
just did better than the red zone holding the three
points that they touchdowns about two or three times. Uh,

(32:30):
offense going down there are getting points. Uh shoot, I
think what our offense probably had one three and out
and you know, so that was that was a blessing down.
They control the clock, you know, especially in this altitude.
I was tired, oh man, I felt like it took
me like at least thirty minutes. I was really tired.
And then the monkey gown on my back back got tight.
Oh my goodness, I know what was going because the

(32:56):
fact that I knew it was like thirteen personnel, so
it had enough. But fact, guys out there, so I'm
like I caught the ball. I said, oh man, it's
on about thirteen, so none but these big guys they
ain't catching me. I'm going I'm like, I'm gonna returning
every time. You see, Teddy had a sort of a
chance to go about you. And I was hoping Teddy
didn't try to because I'll partly gave him a good stiffy.
But that's my dog though, you know, that's Teddy, My dude. Man,

(33:18):
been playing against him for a long time. I went
to him at the game. I say, but you try
talking me, He says, you know, I can't talk on you.
You know it was because I was out there, you know, rolling,
But what's my dude? This was a much more aggressive
coverage game, playing the main seating previous. What you see,
Why do you think that was so important against this
Stetri Roughs offensive? Just because we got guys to match up. Man,

(33:39):
we we were believing ourself, definitely in the secondary, that
we can line up against anybody and play you know, press, work, awkward,
whatever we need to do to get the job done.
And you know, if we truly believe that, definitely in
the secondary. So, you know, coach believing to us, he uh,
you know, making us a lot more aggressive going than
challenge these guys and make him earn every down to
look up he's awards with shooting before that, play a

(34:00):
little bit some of the series before that and get
that change. Jackie ran that thing back. I know I
ain't got no words and nobody don't. One thing I
don't do is argue with folks man. Uh, definitely, I
believe you know. I'll play corner, so I'll do a
lot of running. I need to save all my energy,
So my last day will be doing is arguing with
somebody when I know I gotta probably guard you for
like forty more plays and you might just be getting

(34:20):
me tired for no reasons. Breaked up on the side. Yeah,
I told him that. You know I'm telling that, and
you know I'm trying to teach him right now how
to do the return skills. But you know he don't
want to believe me. But now I believe me. On
the weekend, lock you down, I'll be tweing one. I
want two. He won one? You know easy? He baby
looking we have a quarterback because I was just it

(34:42):
had been three oh, but you know we had a
quarterback just where some releases. You know he went one time.
Did you see the airs come out in Denver with
that play? After that in the air come, certainly air
came out of the crowd. Yeah, I mean I take
an air out of anybody. You know, shoot turnover, you're
just going on fourth down, you know, clutch possession, shoot it,
take it are out of anybody that was our gold
man and try to um out physical Uh you know, shoot,

(35:04):
that's that's a nailing the cough from right then. Yeah. Yeah,
but I'm probably gonna give it to a security guy. Man,
you know dom you know, shoot, my boy don say
he needs something this room for me, So I said,
you can have that ball. You think of the celebration
after a second touchdown? What did he do? I saw
it jiggling. I loved it because he you know, he

(35:24):
got a big chip on his shoulder. Man. You know
people think he you know, people sleeping on it. That
boy like that? You like that? Like that? Like how

(35:50):
you liking this? All kinds of identity. Past past three
weeks have been good. Um rush for over two hundred
so that was good. Yeah, we got some big boys
on the line. Now. You know, you look at the
left side and Landing and Jordan, those guys getting healthy
and man, just some big humans moving some people. Kelsey,

(36:10):
I mean all the guys, so yeah, I mean all
goes back to uh CoA stellin. When you guys are
moving forward like that, dude, feel it kind of takes
something out of the defense. Yeah, what you know, you
control the time of possession and then you can just
slowly grind them down and it makes the pass rush
a lot easier. It makes really a lot of the

(36:31):
game a lot easier when you can do that. So
what we've done well in the past few weeks, and
I just gotta keep it up. Obviously it starts up front.
But what have you seen from Jordan? I know you
called him last week and uh and Boston Kenny, Uh yeah,
tell Jordan Howard ye yeah, man, he's he's a beast.
I mean we've seen this before, We've seen it in

(36:52):
training camp. A guy it's really uh you know, I
think had a great offseason and every time you see
him have the ball in his hands, he's always falling forward.
He's always got momentum. And Kennyan Boston, I mean those
guys are really miles Wait till Miles gets back. I mean,
we got anybody can touch it and do good things with.

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What do you think about challenging how he's performance last
three weeks as well? I said, Man, I think he's
he's very composed. He's always composed. He's ever never see
him get too cheerful about stuff or down. So yeah,
really every day he's like that, So just be consistent.
He works hard and uh leads our team practice every

(37:35):
day the last three weeks. Can you notice, like the
defensive line like pose guys getting frustrated to get tired
and goes for you guys? Yeah, you notice, So you
look around a whole lot of people are tired. The
offense is just really when you run the whole the
whole game is about at about a battle. Will you

(37:56):
know you got sixty seven? He tries to how to
make them right. But yeah, I mean the past three
weeks has been you know something I've never really I
guess we've done around here. So a testaments coach stout
and no line to have one of the best in
the NFL coming in. It's just it's just kind of
a confidence booster for you guys, knowing that you can. Yeah,

(38:20):
I just if you can see the way coach stout
coaches and the way everything is very intense. Some very
funny stuff behind the scenes, but he's very very intense
coach to everybody. That's uh. I think it's why he's
been able to coach guys and do the stuff they've
been being able to do. Guys coming in injuries, you know,
whoever's in the lineup has um you know, usually done well.

(38:42):
So Tyree and Jack Dallas leak the man. Really the
second half, we're all second win. We're just trying to
take one play at the time. But yeah, I mean
I know they were. You know, the more reps the
young guys get, the better football players are going to become.
It's a lot how usually when I was young rookie year,

(39:04):
you know, you take your losses, learn from him and
move on. But yet, I mean, Tyree's a beast. I mean,
you see guys really you know built, you know, like
a Jimmy Graham type. And Jack coming in is that
a great job in the blocking game really all year.
So I saw him pick it out and I saw

(39:25):
him fumbling, and I saw him pick up again, and
then I just turned away and then I saw I
saw him make a move and I turned away again.
I just saw the crowd going nuts, and I saw
a coach rock and I hugged him, and uh yeah,
that was a that turned to the Momentum told him
in the game. That physical mindset you're talking about, you
guys have on the front of the past couple of weeks.

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How do you think that's how Jack and laying uh landing. Uh,
the younger guys as far as just moving straight ahead,
I think it's easier for him running the football. Yeah,
I don't think you gotta look at what you have.
Have ut lize what you have. You know, usually the
first thing you'll see when we're practices us on those bags,
you know, two on one every day. So that's something

(40:08):
we do everything every day. And you've got guys that
are you know that big landing really and I feel like,
I mean Kelsey the smallest guys online Jack, but those
guys on the left, yea, some big, some big boys.
As a manage points to go what did you see?
Did you see Gladay spents first to touch Stata Pisto
Purtaseason or I did? Uh yeah, that was a freak

(40:28):
show play. So what can you say? Uh? Didn't see
the dance usually, so im I don't feel going anymore,
so use I'm going straight to Simine. I didn't even
see the dance. So selfish, selfish for me. And you've
still learning the week about him, his routine and now
it's kind of infectious what he does to Monte comes
in early and studies him. He noticed anything like that,
you know, picked up anything. He's serious. I think he's

(40:51):
talked to Hall of Fame guys that you know, I
guess gave him a kind of a routine or you
know what they focus on, how they approach the game.
I mean, he's really he's a he's an intense sky
and you can tell he cares about it. So that's
what's what you gotta have. I mean, he's a Yeah,
that played today was something special, you know from aligning,
you know, I love those. That's a it's like a

(41:11):
freebee for me. So I teams and a prospe a
few years ago took the week working me back every
day after the Raiders team. Have you sess change here
in in these past three years the offense, I feel
like our identity is you know, it's been good for
the past three weeks round heavy and we're moving the

(41:33):
controlling the time of possession, controlling the game. It makes
a lot easier. But you know, moving forward, the teams
you play are gonna find ways to try to stop
it and manipulate you and their schemes and and so
as the season progresses, it only you know, amplifies. So
how we're going. Thank you on the first touchdown, half says,

(42:12):
such a great coverage by Japan on that. You see
the coverage that he had on that, throw it up anyway,
pish your trust. Well, we end up running kind of
running the same play um repeatedly until we got the
Luca wanted and Um, we took advantage of the look
DeVante went up there that made us spectacular catch on

(42:34):
the ball, got got down, maintained position on the ball,
we got a touchdown. So it was a big, a
big start and a big spark for us. UM. I
obviously want to come out the first drive and finish
after a great drive, opening drive like that, finishing in
the ri zone. But um, that's it's a great playbus
meeting Jail and your entire first half. Do you think

(42:54):
that's the sharpest you've been this year? My life is
that what they're saying. That's something U I said coming out, Um,
scoring on the first job is very important to me.
That something we didn't do. UM. I think um, they
they presented some different looks to us. UM since send
a lot of pressure and in moments of the game,

(43:17):
and I think I think there were definitely highs in it.
I think they were loads in it. And um, the good,
bad and ugly, we're gonna learn from it. So I
can see to learn from it and grow from it.
It's always the next man up mentality when it was
a player. But when Dallas Scottard goes out and how
does that kind of all the things? Yeah, we all
know Dallas is a big time player, a big time
tight end for us. UM play he made I'm on

(43:37):
the naked and then the cross coming on third time
big time plays and UM, it indeed was the next
man up mentality. Use those guys, Jack and Tyree, they
worked their chell off um throughout the week. Um, they
see Dallas in the way he does things and they
learn from him. But UM, I'm they're ready to play

(43:58):
please by everybody. How they step then, UM, we need it.
In this game. You ran a lot of good throwers
in the pocket. You just feel more comfortable with the age,
getting getting good sets of opportunities. No, No, it's not
throwing from the pocket to day like it's something that
I can't do. I means something, you know, I think

(44:19):
I do very well. It's just I guess just taking
advantage of it. Um, third down and you know the
high Russian trying to get me to escape out of there.
They're giving me more time to stay in the pocket. So,
UM took advantage of it. Today's praising you for a
few of the checks that you made. Does that kind
of speak to your comfort level in this offense ten weeks?

(44:39):
And I think I think that that comes from a
whole lot of different things. Um. I think it comes
from you know, comfort coaches. Um, they're comforting me also, UM,
knowing that it's time to get it done. Um. And
there's no there's no doubt, there's no hesitation on anything
that I'm doing out there. I'm just trying to go
out there and react to what I see. So if

(45:01):
we talked about it in meetings, if if the coach
those what I'm doing or not, UM, going with my
good I'm going out there and trying to make make
it right. Like the best throws might have made. Um,
was the one before half time? Was that after was
not a touchdown? Was worth on that throw? And and
what you said it was it? I like to throw
it through the Jajalen reagu and it got hit me

(45:22):
in my chin. You know throws like that, you know,
just giving you got some insight. There's some throws or
you throw the ball that you don't know if they
got caught it or not because you're taking a leak. Um.
But we have a lot of a lot of a
lot of belief and all the guys we have shootout
I missed to throw last week on third down. I
still got a bad taste in my mouth from that one.

(45:43):
You know, quez you know you dropped one before half
a touchdown and they happen. So they have complete trust
in me and I have complete trust in them, and
we just keep bouncing back. And Um, the biggest, the
biggest thing I'll tell you about this game and anything
we go through, right, We've been learning, We've been growing steady. Um,
We've been attacking everything. And I think the biggest, the

(46:06):
biggest thing I've realized for us is we have to
understand the only direction is to rise. Um. Just continue
to rise, you see, to grow, continue to put in
the effort, um, and everything a play out the way
it's supposed to. The direction I'm still running the last
few weeks. How I always the physical aspector, but also
you know you as a passer. Yeah, I think I

(46:29):
think we just have a talited crew. Um. And you
know I've said it. I said it early on. Um.
You know it takes time. It doesn't happen overnight. UM,
And it seems like we're finding that groove. We're making
that progress that we want to make as a football
team and as an offense. So we just want to
go out there and be consistent and whatever it is
we decided to attack the defense, but to be throwing

(46:49):
it forty times, um, running it forty times, whatever it is.
Want to be efficient. Um. And when you're efficient as
a football team, as an offense, and how you attack,
good things happen Jamaica. But the celebration after a second touchdown,
I'll tell you go listen to let them hang. Gotta
let them hang. But I get oh boys, or listen
to that. How did you see if my team that

(47:13):
you felt you could exploit with you some recessing. Yeah,
they you know, they did some things. I give a
lot of credit to Cooper out there. You played the
play the end well, played the zone reads well. Um,
you know they did some things to trying to take
that away. But you know, you know, Scott, Ja, Jay Howe, Um, Kenny,

(47:35):
all those guys have our opportunities to run the ball
and hit it, hit the down field. It's good for
us and we take advantage of that. What happened on
the interception, Um, when they able to finish my throw
in the jamming, my fingers up a little bit. Um, Oh,
I guess, I guess it was kind of flukeish because

(47:56):
you know we got a fumble cover for a touchdown.
So everything happens for a reason. Two years ago to
set the one your action years to rise, but there
are teams that go the other one. Why aren't you
guys different? Why are you having that progress instead of progress?
I think it's a it's a mentality and it's a
belief we have here, um, and it's the work we
put in. You know, it's the work we put in.
We want to be one to know every week. That's

(48:17):
always been our goal. You know I told those guys,
I say, cherish every moment, Cherish every moment together, Cherish
every moment with your teammates. Um. And and choose to rise,
choose greatness. Um. And it's just a mentality, you know,
and you you you kind of feed that into your mind.
You start to believe it, um. And I think the
belief we have moving forward, just you know, just just

(48:39):
to continue to rise, continue to learn, continue to build Countie,
to play together against jail to worth lord marry. Um no, no,
but I'll tell you. I'll tell you this. UM. I know,
UM know, it's a big deal about the black pants
we wore today, and I take full credit for it.

(49:02):
I worked really hard to to get mister Leary to
trying to you know, shoot it up a little bit. So, UM,
I appreciate one of us wearing the black black pants.
Hope the fans liked it, you know, they like to win.
So why did you like that? I just, you know,
I felt it was time. I felt it was time
to put the black pants on. Um. We'll see what's next.

(49:26):
We'll see what's next. What's your point of oh, slaves

(50:00):
touched it? And what was your role with that? Um,
I just remember it was a big palm. Heard the
crowd kind of go silad for a little bit, then
kind of uproar, got up, turned around seeing Slat doing
his little running circle thing that he does when he
gets the ball. Um. But then I seen him turn
on the jets, pick the sideline and start getting downhill,
and I was just thinking, we got a chance. So

(50:22):
from there it was just you know, pick out the
person who I think has a chance, the best chance
of tackling him. Um, trying to get a block. Go
out there, throw a block, get up, see the trail
of his feeding. It's kind of it if you were
in on the tackle. But um, I just remember it
was a big palm. DT got a good did a
good job of getting some push UM, and I just

(50:43):
tried to get on get on his back end and
recreate the line of scrimmage. And from that point it
just kind of got lost and everything that was going on.
This looks like a much more aggressive defensive game plan
a bit in previous weeks. Why did you guys think
this was a good bad shot too kind to be
a little bit more aggressive many coverage? UM, I think
we we we just execute a little bit better today

(51:04):
too as well. Um, some stuff we did today we've
done in the past. I mean we didn't play a
perfect game, still had some mistakes out there, but um,
I think everybody just continue to try to, you know,
fight hard, and today we were able to you know, um,
be in the right situation and execute a little bit
better to come out with a win. Like you guys
rotated a lot of the safety between the three view,
What was the thinking behind that? I mean, I'm not sure.

(51:27):
I mean, I know we got a lot of talented players,
which is trying to get everybody on the field, um,
and get everybody opportunity to make some plays. So from
that point, it's just about you know, being dialed in
in the game, still staying in tune, um, being locked
in with the different packages that we might have and
who might be in the game, and then just being
great teammates with one another, so where everybody's when everybody's
out there, it's just about supporting one another and trying

(51:47):
to get a job done. You guys, we really were
on the road. How hungry is this team in this
locker room for home with? Yeah, I mean I think
you know that's the goal each week us to come out,
try to be aggressive, Um, try to you know, don
nate the opponent and come out with a win. So
we've been able to shrink some wins alone together on
the road. But um, you know, we look forward to
getting back home and getting things going. There. Is there

(52:14):
something about the latest personality and he tries to school
and run. I mean, I don't know. I mean maybe
it was a little bit of the talk this week.
He's talking about playing a little receiver and stuff like that. So, um,
that's kind of his thing this year. He's gotten the
ball in his hand a few times. Um, and when
he's gotten it, we've kind of gave him a hard
time about, you know, not taking it to the end
zone as often as we think he could. But um,
he did a great job of the day of you know,

(52:36):
being around the ball, um quickly getting on it and
getting that possession, but then also finishing it with a
touchdown and a big play that was able to swing
the game for us. What was the conversation and around
your room this week and coming off of because you
saw the stats out there, you guys are giving up
eighty percent completion percentage. You know, some heat on the

(52:56):
DC what was kind of the mentality and the conversation
like among the defensive players this week, just being better. Um.
You know, as players, we want to take accountability for
you know, the lack of the lack of success, but
also you know, when we do well, we want to
you know, get that credit as well. So it's really
just about you know, being great teammates, being professionals, um,
you know, sticking together, working through it together, um, and

(53:17):
as players and coaches included, and finding a way to
get it done. So um, from defensive standpoint and back
end standpoint, we take pride and on that we can
go out there and cover guys. So we just wanted
to focus on executing in the band right spot. That's
a route from players and head coach Nick Sirianni, coach

(53:39):
said see you Wednesday, So they're gonna enjoy this one
a little bit before they look towards the New Orleans Saints. Yeah,
as a player, three words you want to hear Wednesday. Yes,
that's what we call a victory Monday. So as after
this long flight, big tough win out there in Denver,
I'm sure there was a loud roar from the players.

(54:00):
Coach say it see you win. I mean there is
no understanding the energy on a flight home, the difference
between a win and a loss. How sad a long
flight home after a losses on the plane, and how
happy a flight home after a witness And when I
was traveling with the team, I mean, we're in a
completely different section than the players and the coaches, but
you can feel the energy is just the noise. I'm

(54:22):
sure there's dancing. I'm sure there's screaming. I'm sure there's
cherry and I'm sure it's going to be a fun
ride home for those guys. Well, now is your chance
to vote for the Toyota Player of the Week. Go
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Week to cast your vote and get a chance at
a brand new Toyota. All Right, here we go our
three nominees. We're kicking things off with the quarterback Jalen

(54:42):
Hurts Areas. He was sixteen for twenty three hundred and
seventy eight yards two touchdowns. Look at that rating of
one hundred and three. All right, moving on to his
receiver DeVante Smith, He's nominee number two. After that second touchdown,
his stat line was two catches, two touchdowns. It's not
bad to day for Devonte Smiths. And lastly, here is

(55:04):
big Play Sligh. He's our third nominee today, a scoop
and score, and he brought it to the house. Guys,
what do we think Hurts Smith Slay? Well, you know
where my heart wants to go. Look at big Play,
big plays running down the field. I want to go
with him, but I can't go with Darius Lay. I'm sorry,
big Play. I would have loved to have chosen him.

(55:25):
I gotta go with the quarterback. Warterback has been under
some unjust heat around here. I thought he came out
and played phenomenally today. He gave DeVonta Smith opportunity to
make that catch. Devontae came through. I think Devonte got
player the game last week. So I think I'll go
with Jalen this. We're spreading the wealth. There you go. Well,
I am gonna go with Darius Lay today. And look,

(55:45):
it's hard, it's hard to not go with Jalen Hurts
in a game like today, But I think that play
Darius Lay. First of all, it's like the craziest thing
I've seen in the NFL today, for sure. But from
this team in a long time. This is the kind
of play, Like I said, this happened at the college level,
that a guy is able to make that many guys missing,
get all the way to the end zone on a
scoop and score eighty two yards. It's absolutely insane. Just
at the point it was in this game, Denver was

(56:06):
getting ready to score, possibly going to tie it up.
That's a that's potentially a fourteen point swing for this
Eagles team, huge momentum, not to mention a really exciting
play for the defense. So that's why he's my pick.
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(56:27):
slash Voice. Now, we're gonna keep things rolling as we
head into our Jamison nightcap. The New Orleans Saints are
coming to town on Sunday. They're looking at a five
and four record. They won or I'm sorry, they lost
a tight one today against Tennessee. The Titans are rolling
this year. The quarterback looking a little different than it
did last year. Trevor Simeon taking snaps on her center.

(56:49):
The Eagles still winless at home, so they're looking to
pick up their first one of the season at Lincoln
Financial Field on Sunday. Hi howe feeling? Oh? Feel good
at there? After today's FIG three. You know, I got
a chance to catch some of that New Orleans Tennessee game.
You know, Trevor Simeon, you give me time. He can
beat you with his arm. I mean, he's got enough
starts under his belt. He's not going to be rattled

(57:11):
by coming in. They went toe to toe with Tennessee today,
and Tennessee is arguably the best team in the NFC,
I mean the AFC this year. So I say that
to say we can't take this team lightly. Next week,
it's time to get our first victory at home. Jalen
Hurts got his first win of his career against this
New Orleans Saints team. I'm sure they haven't forgotten it.
But here's what I'll say. Uh could be blackout that

(57:37):
We'll have to ask the quarterback out if you can
put the black pants like the bats. I think it's
I think it's an interesting matchup because this isn't the
Saints team that we've known for many years, obviously in
the post Drew Brees era, but with Sean Payton, you know,
in that creative offense, there's always you know, they're always
going to be doing something interesting, especially with the Taylorm case.
Some hell combo. But Alvin Kamara did not play today.

(57:58):
He was injured this week. So that's going to be
some thing to watch for the Eagles this week. Well,
it's gonna be a big one. I know Eagles fans
are gonna be ready to welcome the Eagles back home
on Sunday for a one o'clock kickoff. Of course, we'll
be here for the kickoff Show presented by Exalt at
twelve ten, and then we'll be right back here on
the postgame show presented by Rico for myself, Amy Campbell
and I Grief. We'll see you next time.